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A model for introducing telemedicine to the Greek National Health Care System

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This paper discusses the prospect of operating a new telemedical system in the Greek National Health Care System, as a means to overcome the hospitalisation and diagnostic problems in non-urban areas of the country (patients transfer from county to centre, decongestion of hospitals). Details its functions and benefits and introduces a model of determining and analysing the cost of the conventional health care services and the cost of telemedicine. Finally, it analyses the economic results of the model and proposes a mode for successfully introducing telemedicine to the Greek National Health Care System.

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Mavridis, P. A model for introducing telemedicine to the Greek National Health Care System. Oper Res Int J 3, 47–67 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940278

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